To do or say something for amusement rather than seriously.
To dupe in a friendly manner for amusement; to mess with, play with.
An amusing story.
The root cause or main issue, especially an unexpected one
A laughably worthless thing or person; a sham.
Something that is far easier or far less challenging than expected.
Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness.
To provoke or excite; to influence.
To embroider with thread.
To cause to ferment.
To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
To shape, form, or improve a material.
Followed by with. General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients.
To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
To pull off; to wear, perform, etc. successfully or to advantage.
Followed by as. Said of one's job title
To behave in a certain way when handled
To exhaust, by working.
Followed by in (or at, etc.) Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business).
To ferment.
To set into action.
Followed by for. Said of a company or individual who employs.
To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
To cause to work.
To effect by gradual degrees;
To influence.
To move in an agitated manner.
To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
To effect by gradual degrees.
To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.
The staging of events to appear as real.
The result of a particular manner of production.
Sustained effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.
The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)
Ore before it is dressed.
A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.
Something produced using the specified material or tool.
One's employer.
Something on which effort is expended.
effort expended on a particular task.
The place where one is employed.
A fortification.
A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process.
A literary, artistic, or intellectual production.
labour, occupation, job.